مُشَاتَمَةٌ
1.
is synonym with
مُسَابَّةٌ, (S,) signifying The reviling, vilifying, upbraiding, reproaching, defaming, or giving a bad name to, each other: (KL:) and [in like manner]
تَشَاتُمٌ is synonym with
تَسَابٌّ, (S,) signifying as above [but used in relation to two persons and more than two]: (KL:) you say, شَاتَمَا and
تَشَاتَمَا meaning تَسَابَّا [They reviled, vilified, &c., each other]: (K:) and
تشاتموا
They reviled, &c., one another; like تَسَابُّوا. (MA.) [شاتمهُ may therefore be rendered He reviled him, &c., being reviled, &c., by him: but sometimes it is synonym with شَتَمَهُ:] see 1, in two places.
2.
One says also,
شَاتَمَهُ فَشَتَمَهُ, aorist
شَتُمَ
, meaning [He vied, or contended, with him in reviling, vilifying, &c.,] and he overcame him [therein, i. e.] in reviling, &c. (TA.)